1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to workforce development; reducing appropriations for higher education
1.3and economic development; modifying loan, grant, and scholarship provisions;
1.4increasing bond limits; establishing a central system office; governing credit
1.5transfers; requiring bond issues for projects; establishing a pilot project;
1.6modifying investment of mineral fund; making technical changes; renaming
1.7certain centers and funds; adjusting distributions; modifying certain Board
1.8of Barber Examiners provisions; adjusting fees; requiring reports;amending
1.9Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 136A.121, subdivision 6; 136A.1701,
1.10subdivision 4; 136A.29, subdivision 9; 154.06; 154.065, subdivision 2; 154.07,
1.11by adding a subdivision; 154.15, by adding a subdivision; 326B.148, subdivision
1.121; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 136A.121, subdivision 9;
1.13136F.98, subdivision 1; 154.002; 154.003; 155A.23, by adding a subdivision;
1.14155A.24, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 155A.25; 298.294; 299A.45,
1.15subdivision 1; Laws 2009, chapter 78, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2; article
1.167, section 2; Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, sections 3, subdivisions 6,
1.1721; 5, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.18chapters 136A; 136F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 136A.127,
1.19subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11; 154.07, subdivision 5; 176.135, subdivision 1b;
1.20Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 135A.61; 136A.121, subdivision
1.219b; 136A.127, subdivisions 2, 4, 9, 9b, 10a, 14.
1.22BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.23
ARTICLE 1
1.24
HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
1.25
Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
1.26
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Summary Total.new text end new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize new text end
1.27
new text begin direct appropriations, by fund, made in this article.new text end
1.28
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
1.29
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,410,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (48,155,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (46,745,000)new text end
1.30
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,410,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (48,155,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (46,745,000)new text end
2.1
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Summary by Agency - All Funds.new text end new text begin The amounts shown in this subdivision new text end
2.2
new text begin summarize direct appropriations, by agency, made in this article.new text end
2.3
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
2.4
2.5
new text begin Minnesota Office of Higher new text end
new text begin Educationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,410,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,568,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (158,000)new text end
2.6
2.7
2.8
new text begin Board of Trustees of the new text end
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and new text end
new text begin Universitiesnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (10,467,000)new text end
new text begin (10,467,000)new text end
2.9
2.10
new text begin Board of Regents of the new text end
new text begin University of Minnesotanew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (36,120,000)new text end
new text begin (36,120,000)new text end
2.11
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,410,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (48,155,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (46,745,000)new text end
2.12
Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
2.13
new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown new text end
2.14
new text begin in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, to new text end
2.15
new text begin the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the new text end
2.16
new text begin general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for new text end
2.17
new text begin each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the addition new text end
2.18
new text begin to or subtraction from the appropriation listed under them is available for the fiscal year new text end
2.19
new text begin ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. Supplemental appropriations and new text end
2.20
new text begin reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, are effective the new text end
2.21
new text begin day following final enactment.new text end
2.22
new text begin APPROPRIATIONSnew text end
2.23
new text begin Available for the Yearnew text end
2.24
new text begin Ending June 30new text end
2.25
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
2.26
Sec. 3. new text begin OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATIONnew text end
2.27
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 1,410,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,568,000)new text end
2.28
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
2.29
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
2.30
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
2.31
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin State Grantsnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (1,487,000)new text end
2.32
new text begin The tuition maximum for fiscal year 2011 new text end
2.33
new text begin for students in two-year programs and for new text end
2.34
new text begin students in private, for-profit, four-year new text end
2.35
new text begin programs is $5,364.new text end
3.1
new text begin Financial aid changes in this article are new text end
3.2
new text begin expected to achieve savings available to new text end
3.3
new text begin the state grant program for fiscal year 2011 new text end
3.4
new text begin as a result of reducing tuition maximums, new text end
3.5
new text begin eliminating eligibility for a ninth semester, new text end
3.6
new text begin and eliminating the high school-to-college new text end
3.7
new text begin developmental transition program grants. new text end
3.8
new text begin Any additional savings necessary to make new text end
3.9
new text begin grants in fiscal year 2011 must be achieved new text end
3.10
new text begin through the application of Minnesota new text end
3.11
new text begin Statutes, section 136A.121, subdivision 7.new text end
3.12
new text begin This is a onetime reduction.new text end
3.13
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Interstate Tuition Reciprocitynew text end
new text begin 1,487,000new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
3.14
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Agency Administrationnew text end
new text begin (77,000)new text end
new text begin (81,000)new text end
3.15
3.16
3.17
Sec. 4. new text begin BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE new text end
new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND new text end
new text begin UNIVERSITIESnew text end
3.18
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (10,467,000)new text end
3.19
new text begin The amounts that must be reduced or new text end
3.20
new text begin added for each purpose are specified in the new text end
3.21
new text begin following subdivisions.new text end
3.22
3.23
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Central Office and Shared Services new text end
new text begin Unitnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (3,000,000)new text end
3.24
new text begin Reductions under this subdivision must not new text end
3.25
new text begin be allocated to any institution and must not new text end
3.26
new text begin be charged back to any campus or institution.new text end
3.27
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenancenew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (7,467,000)new text end
3.28
new text begin Each institution must reduce administrative new text end
3.29
new text begin budgets by at least ten percent. The new text end
3.30
new text begin remaining reductions must be allocated new text end
3.31
new text begin proportionately to all institutions to minimize new text end
3.32
new text begin the impact on students and instruction.new text end
4.1
new text begin For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the base for new text end
4.2
new text begin operations and maintenance is $597,467,000 new text end
4.3
new text begin each year.new text end
4.4
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Cook County Higher Educationnew text end
4.5
new text begin $40,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $40,000 in new text end
4.6
new text begin fiscal year 2011 appropriated by Laws 2009, new text end
4.7
new text begin chapter 95, article 1, section 4, to the board new text end
4.8
new text begin of trustees for operations and maintenance is new text end
4.9
new text begin for Cook County higher education.new text end
4.10
4.11
Sec. 5. new text begin BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE new text end
new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAnew text end
4.12
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (36,120,000)new text end
4.13
new text begin The amounts that must be reduced or new text end
4.14
new text begin added for each purpose are specified in the new text end
4.15
new text begin following subdivisions.new text end
4.16
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenancenew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (32,223,000)new text end
4.17
new text begin The legislature intends that reductions under new text end
4.18
new text begin this subdivision are achieved through at least new text end
4.19
new text begin a ten percent reduction to administrative new text end
4.20
new text begin budgets, distributed proportionately to the new text end
4.21
new text begin Twin Cities campus and the other campuses new text end
4.22
new text begin of the University of Minnesota. Remaining new text end
4.23
new text begin reductions must be made to minimize the new text end
4.24
new text begin impact on students and instruction.new text end
4.25
new text begin Reductions under this subdivision must not new text end
4.26
new text begin be allocated to the University of Minnesota new text end
4.27
new text begin and Mayo Foundation Partnership.new text end
4.28
new text begin For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the base for new text end
4.29
new text begin operations and maintenance is $566,882,000 new text end
4.30
new text begin each year.new text end
4.31
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Special Appropriationsnew text end
4.32
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Agriculture and Extension Servicenew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (2,787,000)new text end
4.33
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Health Sciencesnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (281,000)new text end
5.1
new text begin $18,000 in fiscal year 2011 is a reduction to new text end
5.2
new text begin the appropriation to support up to 12 resident new text end
5.3
new text begin physicians in the St. Cloud Hospital family new text end
5.4
new text begin practice residency program.new text end
5.5
new text begin Reductions under this paragraph for new text end
5.6
new text begin the graduate family medicine education new text end
5.7
new text begin programs at Hennepin County Medical new text end
5.8
new text begin Center must be proportional to other new text end
5.9
new text begin reductions under this paragraph.new text end
5.10
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Institute of Technologynew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (74,000)new text end
5.11
new text begin (d) new text end new text begin System Specialnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (328,000)new text end
5.12
5.13
new text begin (e) new text end new text begin University of Minnesota and Mayo new text end
new text begin Foundation Partnershipnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (427,000)new text end
5.14 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.15 Subd. 6.
Cost of attendance. (a) The recognized cost of attendance consists of
5.16allowances specified in law for living and miscellaneous expenses, and an allowance
5.17for tuition and fees equal to the lesser of the average tuition and fees charged by the
5.18institution, or the tuition and fee maximums established in law
new text begin , or for students in two-year new text end
5.19
new text begin or four-year private, for-profit programs, the maximum tuition and fee amount for a public new text end
5.20
new text begin two-year institutionnew text end .
5.21(b) For a student registering for less than full time, the office shall prorate the cost of
5.22attendance to the actual number of credits for which the student is enrolled.
5.23(c) The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is confined to a Minnesota
5.24correctional institution shall consist of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a),
5.25with no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses.
5.26(d) For the purpose of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are
5.27mandatory and charged to full-time resident students attending the institution. Fees do
5.28not include charges for tools, equipment, computers, or other similar materials where the
5.29student retains ownership. Fees include charges for these materials if the institution retains
5.30ownership. Fees do not include optional or punitive fees.
5.31
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
5.32 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 136A.121, subdivision 9, is
5.33amended to read:
6.1 Subd. 9.
Awards. An undergraduate student who meets the office's requirements
6.2is eligible to apply for and receive a grant in any year of undergraduate study unless the
6.3student has obtained a baccalaureate degree or previously has been enrolled full time or
6.4the equivalent for nine
new text begin eight new text end semesters or the equivalent, excluding courses taken from a
6.5Minnesota school or postsecondary institution which is not participating in the state grant
6.6program and from which a student transferred no credit. A student who withdraws from
6.7enrollment for active military service, or for a major illness, while under the care of a
6.8medical professional, that substantially limits the student's ability to complete the term is
6.9entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent of grant eligibility. A student enrolled
6.10in a two-year program at a four-year institution is only eligible for the tuition and fee
6.11maximums established by law for two-year institutions.
6.12
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
6.13 Sec. 8.
new text begin [136A.129] LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.new text end
6.14
new text begin The office shall notify the chairs of the legislative committees with primary new text end
6.15
new text begin jurisdiction over higher education finance of any proposed material change to the new text end
6.16
new text begin administration of any of the grant or financial aid programs in sections 136A.095 to new text end
6.17
new text begin 136A.128.new text end
6.18 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.1701, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.19 Subd. 4.
Terms and conditions of loans. (a) The office may loan money upon such
6.20terms and conditions as the office may prescribe. The
new text begin Under the SELF IV program, thenew text end
6.21principal amount of a loan to an undergraduate student for a single academic year shall
6.22not exceed $6,000 for grade levels 1 and 2 effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007.
6.23Effective July 1, 2007, the principal amount of a loan for grade levels 1 and 2 shall not
6.24exceed $7,500. The principal amount of a loan for grade levels 3, 4, and 5 shall not exceed
6.25$7,500 effective July 1, 2006
new text begin $7,500 per grade levelnew text end . The aggregate principal amount of
6.26all loans made under this section to an undergraduate student shall not exceed $34,500
6.27through June 30, 2007, and $37,500 after June 30, 2007. The principal amount of a loan
6.28to a graduate student for a single academic year shall not exceed $9,000. The aggregate
6.29principal amount of all loans made under this section to a student as an undergraduate
6.30and graduate student shall not exceed $52,500 through June 30, 2007, and $55,500
6.31after June 30, 2007. The amount of the loan may not exceed the cost of attendance less
6.32all other financial aid, including PLUS loans or other similar parent loans borrowed on
6.33the student's behalf. The cumulative SELF loan debt must not exceed the borrowing
6.34maximums in paragraph (b).
7.1(b) The cumulative undergraduate borrowing maximums for SELF
new text begin IV new text end loans are:
7.2(1) effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007:
7.3(i) grade level 1, $6,000;
7.4(ii) grade level 2, $12,000;
7.5(iii) grade level 3, $19,500;
7.6(iv) grade level 4, $27,000; and
7.7(v) grade level 5, $34,500; and
7.8(2) effective July 1, 2007:
7.9(i) grade level 1, $7,500;
7.10(ii)
new text begin (2) new text end grade level 2, $15,000;
7.11(iii)
new text begin (3) new text end grade level 3, $22,500;
7.12(iv)
new text begin (4) new text end grade level 4, $30,000; and
7.13(v)
new text begin (5) new text end grade level 5, $37,500.
7.14
new text begin (c) The principal amount of a SELF V or subsequent phase loan to students enrolled new text end
7.15
new text begin in a bachelor's degree program, postbaccalaureate, or graduate program must not exceed new text end
7.16
new text begin $10,000 per grade level. For all other eligible students, the principal amount of the loan new text end
7.17
new text begin must not exceed $7,500 per grade level. The aggregate principal amount of all loans new text end
7.18
new text begin made under this section to a student as an undergraduate and graduate student must not new text end
7.19
new text begin exceed $70,000. The amount of the loan must not exceed the cost of attendance less new text end
7.20
new text begin all other financial aid, including PLUS loans or other similar parent loans borrowed on new text end
7.21
new text begin the student's behalf. The cumulative SELF loan debt must not exceed the borrowing new text end
7.22
new text begin maximums in paragraph (d).new text end
7.23
new text begin (d)(1) The cumulative borrowing maximums for SELF V loans and subsequent new text end
7.24
new text begin phases for students enrolled in a bachelor's degree program or postbaccalaureate program new text end
7.25
new text begin are:new text end
7.26
new text begin (i) grade level 1, $10,000;new text end
7.27
new text begin (ii) grade level 2, $20,000;new text end
7.28
new text begin (iii) grade level 3, $30,000;new text end
7.29
new text begin (iv) grade level 4, $40,000; andnew text end
7.30
new text begin (v) grade level 5, $50,000.new text end
7.31
new text begin (2) For graduate level students, the borrowing limit is $10,000 per nine-month new text end
7.32
new text begin academic year, with a cumulative maximum for all SELF loan debt of $70,000.new text end
7.33
new text begin (3) For all other eligible students, the cumulative borrowing maximums for SELF V new text end
7.34
new text begin loans and subsequent phases are:new text end
7.35
new text begin (i) grade level 1, $7,500;new text end
7.36
new text begin (ii) grade level 2, $15,000;new text end
8.1
new text begin (iii) grade level 3, $22,500;new text end
8.2
new text begin (iv) grade level 4, $30,000; andnew text end
8.3
new text begin (v) grade level 5, $37,500.new text end
8.4 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.29, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
8.5 Subd. 9.
Revenue bonds; limit. The authority is authorized and empowered
8.6to issue revenue bonds whose aggregate principal amount at any time shall not exceed
8.7$950,000,000
new text begin $1,300,000,000 new text end and to issue notes, bond anticipation notes, and revenue
8.8refunding bonds of the authority under the provisions of sections
136A.25 to
136A.42,
8.9to provide funds for acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, remodeling,
8.10renovating, improving, furnishing, or equipping one or more projects or parts thereof.
8.11
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
8.12 Sec. 11.
new text begin [136F.08] CENTRAL SYSTEM OFFICE.new text end
8.13
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Establishment.new text end new text begin A central system office is established for the new text end
8.14
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to provide central support to the institutions new text end
8.15
new text begin enrolling students and to assist the board in fulfilling its missions under section 136F.05. new text end
8.16
new text begin The central office must not assume responsibility for services that are most effectively new text end
8.17
new text begin and efficiently provided at the institution level. The central system office is under the new text end
8.18
new text begin direction of the chancellor.new text end
8.19
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin General duties.new text end new text begin The central system office must coordinate system level new text end
8.20
new text begin responsibilities for financial management, personnel management, facilities management, new text end
8.21
new text begin information technology, credit transfer, legal affairs, government relations, and auditing. new text end
8.22
new text begin The central system office shall coordinate its services with the services provided at the new text end
8.23
new text begin institution level so as not to duplicate any functions that are provided by institutions.new text end
8.24 Sec. 12.
new text begin [136F.302] CREDIT TRANSFER.new text end
8.25
new text begin The board of trustees must develop and maintain a systemwide effective and new text end
8.26
new text begin efficient mechanism for seamless student transfer between system institutions that has a new text end
8.27
new text begin goal of minimal loss of credits for transferring students. The Degree Audit and Reporting new text end
8.28
new text begin System (DARS) and u.select database (and successor databases) housed within the office new text end
8.29
new text begin of the chancellor shall be the official repository of course equivalencies between system new text end
8.30
new text begin colleges and universities. Each system college and university shall be responsible for new text end
8.31
new text begin ensuring the accuracy and completeness of course equivalencies listed for courses offered new text end
8.32
new text begin by that college or university. The development and maintenance of the system must, at a new text end
8.33
new text begin minimum, address the following:new text end
9.1
new text begin (1) alignment of institution curriculum and its communication to stakeholders;new text end
9.2
new text begin (2) transfer between similar programs;new text end
9.3
new text begin (3) documentation for transfer-related agreements between institutions;new text end
9.4
new text begin (4) systemwide transfer information on the Internet that is easily accessible and new text end
9.5
new text begin maintained in a current and accurate status;new text end
9.6
new text begin (5) training for campus-level staff to provide accurate and consistent advice to new text end
9.7
new text begin students;new text end
9.8
new text begin (6) institutional rather than student obligation to provide prompt required new text end
9.9
new text begin documentation for course equivalency determinations; andnew text end
9.10
new text begin (7) consistency of transfer policies among institutions in compliance with a system new text end
9.11
new text begin policy.new text end
9.12 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 136F.98, subdivision 1, is
9.13amended to read:
9.14 Subdivision 1.
Issuance of bonds. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
9.15Colleges and Universities or a successor may issue revenue bonds under sections
136F.90
9.16to
136F.97 whose aggregate principal amount at any time may not exceed $200,000,000
new text begin new text end
9.17
new text begin $275,000,000new text end , and payable from the revenue appropriated to the fund established by
9.18section
136F.94, and use the proceeds together with other public or private money that
9.19may otherwise become available to acquire land, and to acquire, construct, complete,
9.20remodel, and equip structures or portions thereof to be used for dormitory, residence hall,
9.21student union, food service, parking purposes, or for any other similar revenue-producing
9.22building or buildings of such type and character as the board finds desirable for the good
9.23and benefit of the state colleges and universities. Before issuing the bonds or any part
9.24of them, the board shall consult with and obtain the advisory recommendations of the
9.25chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance
9.26Committee about the facilities to be financed by the bonds.
9.27 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 299A.45, subdivision 1, is
9.28amended to read:
9.29 Subdivision 1.
Eligibility. A person is eligible to receive educational benefits under
9.30this section if the person:
9.31 (1) is certified under section
299A.44 and in compliance with this section and rules
9.32of the commissioner of public safety and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education;
9.33 (2) is enrolled in an undergraduate degree or certificate program after June 30, 1990,
9.34at an eligible Minnesota institution as provided in section
136A.101, subdivision 4;
10.1 (3) has not received a baccalaureate degree or been enrolled full time for nine
10.2
new text begin eight new text end semesters or the equivalent, except that a student who withdraws from enrollment
10.3for active military service is entitled to an additional semester or the equivalent of
10.4eligibility; and
10.5 (4) is related in one of the following ways to a public safety officer killed in the
10.6line of duty on or after January 1, 1973:
10.7 (i) as a dependent child less than 23 years of age;
10.8 (ii) as a surviving spouse; or
10.9 (iii) as a dependent child less than 30 years of age who has served on active military
10.10duty 181 consecutive days or more and has been honorably discharged or released to the
10.11dependent child's reserve or National Guard unit.
10.12 Sec. 15. Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, section 3, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
10.13
Subd. 6.Achieve Scholarship Program
4,350,000
4,350,000
10.14For scholarships under Minnesota Statutes,
10.15section
136A.127new text begin , the office shall transfer new text end
10.16new text begin the appropriation for fiscal year 2011 to the new text end
10.17new text begin appropriation for state grantsnew text end
.
10.18 Sec. 16. Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, section 3, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
10.20The Minnesota Office of Higher Education
10.21may transfer unencumbered balances from
10.22the appropriations in this section to the state
10.23grant appropriation, the interstate tuition
10.24reciprocity appropriation, the child care
10.25grant appropriation, the Indian scholarship
10.26appropriation, the state work-study
10.27appropriation, the achieve scholarship
10.28appropriation, the public safety officers'
10.29survivors appropriation, and the Minnesota
10.30college savings plan appropriation. Transfers
10.31from the
new text begin state grant, new text end child care
new text begin ,new text end or state
10.32work-study appropriations may only be made
10.33to the extent there is a projected surplus in
11.1the appropriation. A transfer may be made
11.2only with prior written notice to the chairs
11.3of the senate and house of representatives
11.4committees with jurisdiction over higher
11.5education finance.
11.6
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
11.7 Sec. 17. Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 1, section 5, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.8
Subd. 2.Operations and Maintenance
550,345,000
604,239,000
11.9(a) This appropriation includes funding for
11.10operation and maintenance of the system.
11.11(b) The Board of Regents shall submit
11.12expenditure reduction plans by March 15,
11.132010, to the committees of the legislature
11.14with responsibility for higher education
11.15finance to achieve the 2012-2013 base
11.16established in this section. The plan must
11.17focus on protecting direct instruction.
11.18(c) Appropriations under this subdivision
11.19may be used for a new scholarship under
11.20Minnesota Statutes, section
137.0225, to
11.21complement the University's Founders
11.22scholarship.
11.23(d) This appropriation includes amounts for
11.24an Ojibwe Indian language program on the
11.25Duluth campus.
11.26(e) This appropriation includes money for the
11.27Dakota language teacher training immersion
11.28program on the Twin Cities campus to
11.29prepare teachers to teach in Dakota language
11.30immersion programs.
11.31(f) This appropriation includes money for the
11.32Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to preserve
11.33accreditation.
12.1(g) This appropriation includes money in
12.2fiscal year 2010 for a onetime grant to the
12.3Minnesota Wildlife Rehabilitation Center for
12.4their uncompensated expenses
new text begin in an amount new text end
12.5
new text begin equal to the loan balance as of March 11, new text end
12.6
new text begin 2010, for expenses related to the center's new text end
12.7
new text begin move from the campusnew text end .
12.8(h) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the
12.9base for operations and maintenance is
12.10$596,930,000 each year.
12.11
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
12.12 Sec. 18.
new text begin OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION CARRYFORWARD.new text end
12.13
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.125, subdivision 7, or 136A.233, new text end
12.14
new text begin subdivision 1, the Office of Higher Education may carry forward to fiscal year 2011, funds new text end
12.15
new text begin allocated to an institution for the child care and work study programs that exceed the actual new text end
12.16
new text begin need and were refunded to the office from fiscal year 2010. Notwithstanding Minnesota new text end
12.17
new text begin Statutes, section 136A.125, subdivision 4c, funds carried forward for the child care new text end
12.18
new text begin program in fiscal year 2011 may be used to expand the number of recipients in the program.new text end
12.19 Sec. 19.
new text begin REPORT OF CREDIT TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.new text end
12.20
new text begin The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall report new text end
12.21
new text begin on February 15, 2011, and annually thereafter through 2015, on its activities to achieve new text end
12.22
new text begin the credit transfer goals of Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.302, and the results of those new text end
12.23
new text begin activities. The report shall be made to the chairs and ranking minority members of the new text end
12.24
new text begin legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education policy and finance. new text end
12.25
new text begin The goals of Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.302, should be fully achieved as soon as new text end
12.26
new text begin possible, but no later than the start of the 2015-2016 academic year.new text end
12.27 Sec. 20.
new text begin MNSCU REVENUE BONDS FOR STATE UNIVERSITIES.new text end
12.28
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.98, subdivision 1, for fiscal years new text end
12.29
new text begin 2010 and 2011, the board of trustees must use the increase in the aggregate revenue bond new text end
12.30
new text begin limit in Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.98, subdivision 1, to issue revenue bonds for new text end
12.31
new text begin eligible projects at state universities.new text end
13.1 Sec. 21.
new text begin PILOT PROJECT; LOCAL DEPOSIT OF RESERVES OF new text end
13.2
new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.new text end
13.3
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Establishment.new text end new text begin To increase the distribution of potential economic new text end
13.4
new text begin benefit of deposits of reserve funds of the institutions of the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end
13.5
new text begin Universities, a pilot project is established to transfer certain reserve deposits of selected new text end
13.6
new text begin institutions from the state treasury to a community financial institution. Notwithstanding new text end
13.7
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.27, on July 1, 2010, the commissioner of management new text end
13.8
new text begin and budget shall transfer the board-required reserve funds of colleges and universities new text end
13.9
new text begin selected by the board of trustees under subdivision 2, to a community financial institution new text end
13.10
new text begin designated for each of the participating colleges and universities.new text end
13.11
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Participating colleges and universities.new text end new text begin By June 11, 2010, colleges and new text end
13.12
new text begin universities must apply to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and new text end
13.13
new text begin Universities for participation in the pilot project. Each applicant must designate one or new text end
13.14
new text begin more community financial institutions for the deposit of board-required reserves, with the new text end
13.15
new text begin terms of the deposit for each designated community financial institution. The designated new text end
13.16
new text begin community financial institution must be located within 25 miles of a participating campus. new text end
13.17
new text begin From the applicants, the board shall select eight postsecondary institutions to participate in new text end
13.18
new text begin the local deposit pilot project. In making its selection, the board must consider the size new text end
13.19
new text begin of the institution's reserves and the terms offered by the designated community financial new text end
13.20
new text begin institutions. Two-year and four-year institutions must be selected to participate in the pilot new text end
13.21
new text begin project and at least five of the selected institutions must be located in greater Minnesota.new text end
13.22
new text begin By June 25, 2010, the board must notify the commissioner of management and new text end
13.23
new text begin budget of the participating colleges and universities and the associated community new text end
13.24
new text begin financial institutions.new text end
13.25
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Community financial institution.new text end new text begin As used in this section, "community new text end
13.26
new text begin financial institution" means a federally insured bank or credit union, chartered as a bank new text end
13.27
new text begin or credit union by the state of Minnesota or the United States, that is headquartered in new text end
13.28
new text begin Minnesota.new text end
13.29
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Evaluation and report.new text end new text begin The commissioner of management and budget and new text end
13.30
new text begin the board of trustees shall independently evaluate the effectiveness or harm of the local new text end
13.31
new text begin deposit pilot project in increasing the use of community financial institutions and providing new text end
13.32
new text begin wider distribution of the economic benefit of the deposit of postsecondary reserves. Each new text end
13.33
new text begin evaluation must include the participating colleges, universities, and community financial new text end
13.34
new text begin institutions. The commissioner and the board shall report the results of the pilot project new text end
13.35
new text begin evaluation to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2011, with new text end
13.36
new text begin recommendations on the future implementation of the pilot project. new text end
14.1 Sec. 22.
new text begin APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.new text end
14.2
new text begin Any reduction in appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011, for the new text end
14.3
new text begin central system office of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must not be passed new text end
14.4
new text begin through to any institution or campus. The board of trustees must not charge any institution new text end
14.5
new text begin for appropriation reductions made to the central office.new text end
14.6 Sec. 23.
new text begin REPEALER.new text end
14.7
new text begin (a)new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136A.127, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, and new text end
14.8
new text begin 11,new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
14.9
new text begin (b)new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 135A.61; 136A.121, subdivision new text end
14.10
new text begin 9b; and 136A.127, subdivisions 2, 4, 9, 9b, 10a, and 14,new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
14.11
ARTICLE 2
14.12
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
14.13
Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
14.14
new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end
14.15
new text begin in this article.new text end
14.16
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
14.17
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,500,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,615,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (3,115,000)new text end
14.18
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,500,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,615,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (3,115,000)new text end
14.19
Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
14.20
new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown new text end
14.21
new text begin in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 78, article 1, new text end
14.22
new text begin unless otherwise specified, to the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. new text end
14.23
new text begin The appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are available for new text end
14.24
new text begin the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this new text end
14.25
new text begin article mean that the addition to or subtraction from the appropriation listed under them new text end
14.26
new text begin are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. new text end
14.27
new text begin Supplemental appropriations and reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending new text end
14.28
new text begin June 30, 2010, are effective the day following final enactment.new text end
14.29
new text begin APPROPRIATIONSnew text end
14.30
new text begin Available for the Yearnew text end
14.31
new text begin Ending June 30new text end
14.32
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
15.1
15.2
Sec. 3. new text begin EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC new text end
new text begin DEVELOPMENTnew text end
15.3
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,500,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (1,847,000)new text end
15.4
new text begin The appropriation reductions for each new text end
15.5
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
15.6
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
15.7
15.8
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Business and Community new text end
new text begin Developmentnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (690,000)new text end
15.9
new text begin (a) $100,000 in 2011 is from the new text end
15.10
new text begin appropriation for a grant to BioBusiness new text end
15.11
new text begin Alliance of Minnesota.new text end
15.12
new text begin (b) $15,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
15.13
new text begin for a grant to the Minnesota Inventors new text end
15.14
new text begin Congress.new text end
15.15
new text begin (c) The general fund base for business and new text end
15.16
new text begin community development is $6,551,000 in new text end
15.17
new text begin fiscal year 2012 and $6,551,000 in fiscal year new text end
15.18
new text begin 2013.new text end
15.19
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Workforce Developmentnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (857,000)new text end
15.20
new text begin (a) $400,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
15.21
new text begin for the Minnesota job skills partnership new text end
15.22
new text begin program under Minnesota Statutes, sections new text end
15.23
new text begin 116L.01 to 116L.17.new text end
15.24
new text begin (b) $119,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
15.25
new text begin for State Services for the Blind activities.new text end
15.26
new text begin (c) $67,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
15.27
new text begin for grants to Centers for Independent Living.new text end
15.28
new text begin (d) $222,000 in 2011 is from the new text end
15.29
new text begin appropriation for extended employment new text end
15.30
new text begin services under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
15.31
new text begin 268A.15. Notwithstanding Minnesota new text end
15.32
new text begin Rules, parts 3300.2030 to 3300.2055, the new text end
15.33
new text begin commissioner may adjust contracts with new text end
15.34
new text begin eligible extended employment providers in new text end
16.1
new text begin order to achieve required reductions through new text end
16.2
new text begin June 30, 2011. The general fund base for new text end
16.3
new text begin extended employment services is $5,405,000 new text end
16.4
new text begin in fiscal year 2012 and $5,405,000 in fiscal new text end
16.5
new text begin year 2013.new text end
16.6
new text begin (e) $49,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
16.7
new text begin for grants to programs that provide new text end
16.8
new text begin employment support services to persons with new text end
16.9
new text begin mental illness under Minnesota Statutes, new text end
16.10
new text begin sections 268A.13 and 268A.14. $2,000 new text end
16.11
new text begin in each year is from the appropriation for new text end
16.12
new text begin administrative expenses.new text end
16.13
new text begin (f) The general fund base for workforce new text end
16.14
new text begin development is $29,181,000 in fiscal year new text end
16.15
new text begin 2012 and $29,181,000 in fiscal year 2013.new text end
16.16
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin State-Funded Administrationnew text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin (300,000)new text end
16.17
new text begin The general fund base for state-funded new text end
16.18
new text begin administration is $2,126,000 in fiscal year new text end
16.19
new text begin 2012 and $2,126,000 in fiscal year 2013.new text end
16.20
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Carryforwardnew text end
new text begin (1,500,000)new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
16.21
new text begin The carryforward reduction is for the job new text end
16.22
new text begin skills partnership program.new text end
16.23
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Transfers and Cancellationsnew text end
16.24
new text begin (a) $367,000 in 2010 and $367,000 in new text end
16.25
new text begin 2011 are transferred from the contaminated new text end
16.26
new text begin cleanup grants appropriation in the petroleum new text end
16.27
new text begin tank release cleanup fund under Minnesota new text end
16.28
new text begin Statutes, section 115C.08, subdivision 4, to new text end
16.29
new text begin the general fund.new text end
16.30
new text begin (b) $80,000 in 2010 is transferred from the new text end
16.31
new text begin unemployment insurance state administration new text end
16.32
new text begin account in the special revenue fund under new text end
16.33
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 268.196, new text end
16.34
new text begin subdivision 1, to the general fund.new text end
17.1
new text begin (c) $160,000 in 2010 is transferred from new text end
17.2
new text begin the capital access program account in the new text end
17.3
new text begin special revenue fund under Minnesota new text end
17.4
new text begin Statutes, section 116J.876, subdivision 4, to new text end
17.5
new text begin the general fund.new text end
17.6
new text begin (d) The remaining balance from the Laws new text end
17.7
new text begin 2007, chapter 135, article 1, section 3, new text end
17.8
new text begin appropriation for a grant to Le Sueur County new text end
17.9
new text begin is canceled.new text end
17.10
17.11
Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND new text end
new text begin INDUSTRY; TRANSFERSnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
17.12
new text begin (a) By June 30, 2010, the commissioner new text end
17.13
new text begin of management and budget shall transfer new text end
17.14
new text begin $700,000 from the contractor recovery new text end
17.15
new text begin account in the special revenue fund to the new text end
17.16
new text begin general fund.new text end
17.17
new text begin (b) By June 30, 2010, the commissioner new text end
17.18
new text begin of management and budget shall transfer new text end
17.19
new text begin $725,000 from the assigned risk safety new text end
17.20
new text begin account in the worker's compensation fund to new text end
17.21
new text begin the general fund. new text end
17.22
17.23
Sec. 5. new text begin BUREAU OF MEDIATION new text end
new text begin SERVICESnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (53,000)new text end
17.24
new text begin (a) $47,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
17.25
new text begin for mediation services.new text end
17.26
new text begin (b) $6,000 in 2011 is from the appropriation new text end
17.27
new text begin for labor management cooperation grants.new text end
17.28
17.29
Sec. 6. new text begin BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST new text end
new text begin EXAMINERSnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 225,000new text end
17.30
Sec. 7. new text begin BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERSnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin -0-new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 60,000new text end
17.31 Sec. 8. Laws 2009, chapter 78, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.1
18.2
Subd. 2.Business and Community
Development
8,980,000
8,980,000
18.3
Appropriations by Fund
18.4
General
7,941,000
7,941,000
18.5
Remediation
700,000
700,000
18.6
18.7
Workforce
Development
339,000
339,000
18.8(a) $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the
18.9second year are from the remediation fund for
18.10contaminated site cleanup and development
18.11grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
18.12116J.554
. This appropriation is available
18.13until expended.
18.14(b) $200,000 each year is from the general
18.15fund for a grant to WomenVenture for
18.16women's business development programs
18.17and for programs that encourage and assist
18.18women to enter nontraditional careers in the
18.19trades; manual and technical occupations;
18.20science, technology, engineering, and
18.21mathematics-related occupations; and green
18.22jobs. This appropriation may be matched
18.23dollar for dollar with any resources available
18.24from the federal government for these
18.25purposes with priority given to initiatives
18.26that have a goal of increasing by at least ten
18.27percent the number of women in occupations
18.28where women currently comprise less than 25
18.29percent of the workforce. The appropriation
18.30is available until expended.
18.31(c) $105,000 each year is from the general
18.32fund and $50,000 each year is from the
18.33workforce development fund for a grant to
18.34the Metropolitan Economic Development
18.35Association for continuing minority business
18.36development programs in the metropolitan
19.1area. This appropriation must be used for the
19.2sole purpose of providing free or reduced
19.3fee business consulting services to minority
19.4entrepreneurs and contractors.
19.5(d)(1) $500,000 each year is from the
19.6general fund for a grant to BioBusiness
19.7Alliance of Minnesota for bioscience
19.8business development programs to promote
19.9and position the state as a global leader
19.10in bioscience business activities. This
19.11appropriation is added to the department's
19.12base. These funds may be used to create,
19.13recruit, retain, and expand biobusiness
19.14activity in Minnesota; implement the
19.15destination 2025 statewide plan; update
19.16a statewide assessment of the bioscience
19.17industry and the competitive position of
19.18Minnesota-based bioscience businesses
19.19relative to other states and other nations;
19.20and develop and implement business and
19.21scenario-planning models to create, recruit,
19.22retain, and expand biobusiness activity in
19.23Minnesota.
19.24(2) The BioBusiness Alliance must report
19.25each year by February 15 to the committees
19.26of the house of representatives and the senate
19.27having jurisdiction over bioscience industry
19.28activity in Minnesota on the use of funds;
19.29the number of bioscience businesses and
19.30jobs created, recruited, retained, or expanded
19.31in the state since the last reporting period;
19.32the competitive position of the biobusiness
19.33industry; and utilization rates and results of
19.34the business and scenario-planning models
19.35and outcomes resulting from utilization of
19.36the business and scenario-planning models.
20.1(e)(1) Of the money available in the
20.2Minnesota Investment Fund, Minnesota
20.3Statutes, section
116J.8731, to the
20.4commissioner of the Department of
20.5Employment and Economic Development,
20.6up to $3,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year
20.72010 for a loan to an aircraft manufacturing
20.8and assembly company, associated with the
20.9aerospace industry, for equipment utilized
20.10to establish an aircraft completion center
20.11at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
20.12Airport. The finishing center must use the
20.13state's vocational training programs designed
20.14specifically for aircraft maintenance training,
20.15and to the extent possible, work to recruit
20.16employees from these programs. The center
20.17must create at least 200 new manufacturing
20.18jobs within 24 months of receiving the
20.19loan, and create not less than 500 new
20.20manufacturing jobs over a five-year period
20.21in Minnesota.
20.22(2) This loan is not subject to loan limitations
20.23under Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.8731,
20.24subdivision 5
. Any match requirements
20.25under Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.8731,
20.26subdivision 3
, may be made from current
20.27resources. This is a onetime appropriation
20.28and is effective the day following final
20.29enactment.
20.30(f) $65,000 each year is from the general
20.31fund for a grant to the Minnesota Inventors
20.32Congress, of which at least $6,500 must be
20.33used for youth inventors.
21.1(g) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the
21.2second year are for the Office of Science and
21.3Technology. This is a onetime appropriation.
21.4(h) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the
21.5second year are for a grant to Enterprise
21.6Minnesota, Inc., for the small business
21.7growth acceleration program under
21.8Minnesota Statutes, section
116O.115. This
21.9is a onetime appropriation and is available
21.10until expended.
21.11(i)(1) $100,000 each year is from the
21.12workforce development fund for a grant
21.13under Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.421,
21.14to the Rural Policy and Development
21.15Center at St. Peter, Minnesota. The grant
21.16shall be used for research and policy
21.17analysis on emerging economic and social
21.18issues in rural Minnesota, to serve as a
21.19policy resource center for rural Minnesota
21.20communities, to encourage collaboration
21.21across higher education institutions, to
21.22provide interdisciplinary team approaches
21.23to research and problem-solving in rural
21.24communities, and to administer overall
21.25operations of the center.
21.26(2) The grant shall be provided upon the
21.27condition that each state-appropriated
21.28dollar be matched with a nonstate dollar.
21.29Acceptable matching funds are nonstate
21.30contributions that the center has received and
21.31have not been used to match previous state
21.32grants. Any funds not spent the first year are
21.33available the second year.
21.34(j) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
21.35section
268.18, subdivision 2, $414,000 of
22.1funds collected for unemployment insurance
22.2administration under this subdivision is
22.3appropriated as follows: $250,000 to Lake
22.4County for ice storm damage; $64,000 is for
22.5the city of Green Isle for reimbursement of
22.6fire relief efforts and other expenses incurred
22.7as a result of the fire in the city of Green Isle;
22.8and $100,000 is to develop the construction
22.9mitigation pilot program to make grants for
22.10up to five projects statewide available to local
22.11government units to mitigate the impacts of
22.12transportation construction on local small
22.13business. These are onetime appropriations
22.14and are available until expended.
22.15(k) Up to $10,000,000 is appropriated from
22.16the Minnesota minerals 21st century fund to
22.17the commissioner of Iron Range resources
22.18and rehabilitation to make a grant
new text begin grantsnew text end
22.19or forgivable loan
new text begin loansnew text end to a manufacturer
new text begin new text end
22.20
new text begin manufacturersnew text end of windmill blades
new text begin , other new text end
22.21
new text begin renewable energy manufacturing, or biomass new text end
22.22
new text begin productsnew text end at a facility
new text begin facilities new text end to be located
22.23within the taconite tax relief area defined
22.24in Minnesota Statutes, section
273.134.
new text begin No new text end
22.25
new text begin match is required for the renewable energy new text end
22.26
new text begin manufacturing or biomass projects.new text end
22.27(l) $1,000,000 is appropriated from the
22.28Minnesota minerals 21st century fund to
22.29the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
22.30State Colleges and Universities for a grant
22.31to the Northeast Higher Education District
22.32for planning, design, and construction of
22.33classrooms and housing facilities for upper
22.34division students in the engineering program.
23.1(m)(1) $189,000 each year is appropriated
23.2from the workforce development fund for
23.3grants of $63,000 to eligible organizations
23.4each year to assist in the development of
23.5entrepreneurs and small businesses. Each
23.6state grant dollar must be matched with $1
23.7of nonstate funds. Any balance in the first
23.8year does not cancel but is available in the
23.9second year.
23.10(2) Three grants must be awarded to
23.11continue or to develop a program. One
23.12grant must be awarded to the Riverbend
23.13Center for Entrepreneurial Facilitation
23.14in Blue Earth County, and two to other
23.15organizations serving Faribault and Martin
23.16Counties. Grant recipients must report to the
23.17commissioner by February 1 of each year
23.18that the organization receives a grant with the
23.19number of customers served; the number of
23.20businesses started, stabilized, or expanded;
23.21the number of jobs created and retained; and
23.22business success rates. The commissioner
23.23must report to the house of representatives
23.24and senate committees with jurisdiction
23.25over economic development finance on the
23.26effectiveness of these programs for assisting
23.27in the development of entrepreneurs and
23.28small businesses.
23.29
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
23.30 Sec. 9.
new text begin APPROPRIATIONS MADE ONLY ONCE.new text end
23.31
new text begin If the appropriations made in this article are enacted more than once in the 2010 new text end
23.32
new text begin regular session, these appropriations must be given effect only once.new text end
23.33
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
24.1
ARTICLE 3
24.2
MINERALS
24.3 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 298.294, is amended to read:
24.4
298.294 INVESTMENT OF FUND.
24.5(a) The trust fund established by section
298.292 shall be invested pursuant to law
24.6by the State Board of Investment and the net interest, dividends, and other earnings arising
24.7from the investments shall be transferred, except as provided in paragraph (b), on the first
24.8day of each month to the trust and shall be included and become part of the trust fund.
24.9The amounts transferred, including the interest, dividends, and other earnings earned
24.10prior to July 13, 1982, together with the additional amount of $10,000,000 for fiscal year
24.111983, which is appropriated April 21, 1983, are appropriated from the trust fund to the
24.12commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation for deposit in a separate account
24.13for expenditure for the purposes set forth in section
298.292. Amounts appropriated
24.14pursuant to this section shall not cancel but shall remain available unless expended.
24.15(b) For fiscal years 2010 and 2011 only, $1,000,000
new text begin $1,500,000 new text end of the net interest,
24.16dividends, and other earnings under paragraph (a) shall be transferred to a special account.
24.17Funds in the special account are available for loans or grants to businesses, with priority
24.18given to businesses with 25 or fewer employees. Funds may be used for wage subsidies
24.19
new text begin for up to 52 weeks new text end of up to $5 per hour or other activities
new text begin , including, but not limited to, new text end
24.20
new text begin short-term operating expenses and purchase of equipment and materials by businesses new text end
24.21
new text begin under financial duress, new text end that will create additional jobs in the taconite assistance area under
24.22section
273.1341. Expenditures from the special account must be approved by at least
24.23seven Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board members.
24.24(c) To qualify for a grant or loan, a business must be currently operating and have
24.25been operating for one year immediately prior to its application for a loan or grant, and its
24.26corporate headquarters must be located in the taconite assistance area.
24.27
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
24.28 Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 78, article 7, section 2, is amended to read:
24.29 Sec. 2.
IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION; EARLY
24.30
SEPARATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.
24.31(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of Iron Range
24.32resources and rehabilitation, in consultation with the commissioner of management and
24.33budget, may
new text begin shallnew text end offer a targeted early separation incentive program for employees of the
25.1commissioner who have attained the age of 60 years or who have received credit for at
25.2least 30 years of allowable service under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352.
25.3(b) The early separation incentive program may include one or more of the following:
25.4(1) employer-paid postseparation health, medical, and dental insurance until age
25.565; and
25.6(2) cash incentives that may, but are not required to be, used to purchase additional
25.7years of service credit through the Minnesota State Retirement System, to the extent that
25.8the purchases are otherwise authorized by law.
25.9(c) The commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation shall establish
25.10eligibility requirements for employees to receive an incentive.
25.11(d) The commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation, consistent with the
25.12established program provisions under paragraph (b), and with the eligibility requirements
25.13under paragraph (c), may designate specific programs or employees as eligible to be
25.14offered the incentive program.
25.15(e) Acceptance of the offered incentive must be voluntary on the part of the
25.16employee and must be in writing. The incentive may only be offered at the sole discretion
25.17of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation.
25.18(f) The cost of the incentive is payable solely by funds made available to the
25.19commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation by law, but only on prior approval
25.20of the expenditures by a majority of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.
25.21(g) This section and section 3 are repealed June 30, 2011
new text begin December 31, 2012new text end .
25.22
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
25.23 Sec. 3.
new text begin IRON RANGE HERITAGE CENTER AND PERPICH ARCHIVES.new text end
25.24
new text begin The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board shall change the name of new text end
25.25
new text begin "Ironworld Discovery Center" to "Iron Range Heritage Center and Perpich Archives" new text end
25.26
new text begin consistent with the changes in section 5.new text end
25.27 Sec. 4.
new text begin 2010 DISTRIBUTIONS ONLY.new text end
25.28
new text begin For distributions in 2010 only, a special fund is established to receive 19.765 cents new text end
25.29
new text begin per ton that otherwise would be allocated under Minnesota Statutes, section 298.28, new text end
25.30
new text begin subdivision 6, and 6.367 cents per ton that would otherwise be allocated under Minnesota new text end
25.31
new text begin Statutes, section 298.28, subdivision 11, to the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection new text end
25.32
new text begin fund. The following amounts are distributed to St. Louis County acting as the fiscal agent new text end
25.33
new text begin for the recipients for the following specified purposes:new text end
26.1
new text begin (1) 0.764 cent per ton must be paid to Northern Minnesota Dental to provide new text end
26.2
new text begin incentives for at least two dentists to establish dental practices in high-need areas of the new text end
26.3
new text begin taconite tax relief area;new text end
26.4
new text begin (2) 0.955 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Virginia for repairs and geothermal new text end
26.5
new text begin heat at the Olcott Park Greenhouse/Virginia Commons project;new text end
26.6
new text begin (3) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Virginia for health and safety new text end
26.7
new text begin repairs at the Miners Memorial;new text end
26.8
new text begin (4) 0.955 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Eveleth for the reconstruction new text end
26.9
new text begin of Highway 142/Grant and Park Avenues;new text end
26.10
new text begin (5) 0.478 cent per ton must be paid to the Greenway Joint Recreation Board for new text end
26.11
new text begin upgrades and capital improvements to the Hodgins Berardo Arena in Coleraine;new text end
26.12
new text begin (6) 0.796 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Calumet for water treatment and new text end
26.13
new text begin pumphouse modifications;new text end
26.14
new text begin (7) 0.159 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Bovey for residential and new text end
26.15
new text begin commercial claims for water damage due to water and flood-related damage caused by new text end
26.16
new text begin the Canisteo Pit;new text end
26.17
new text begin (8) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Nashwauk for a community and new text end
26.18
new text begin child care center;new text end
26.19
new text begin (9) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Keewatin for water and sewer new text end
26.20
new text begin upgrades;new text end
26.21
new text begin (10) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Marble for the city hall and new text end
26.22
new text begin library project;new text end
26.23
new text begin (11) 0.955 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Grand Rapids for extension of new text end
26.24
new text begin water and sewer services for Lakewood Housing;new text end
26.25
new text begin (12) 0.159 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Grand Rapids for exhibits at new text end
26.26
new text begin the Children's Museum;new text end
26.27
new text begin (13) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Grand Rapids for Block 20/21 soil new text end
26.28
new text begin corrections. This amount must be matched by local sources;new text end
26.29
new text begin (14) 0.605 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Aitkin for three water loops;new text end
26.30
new text begin (15) 0.048 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Aitkin for signage;new text end
26.31
new text begin (16) 0.159 cent per ton must be paid to Itasca County for an ATV trail; new text end
26.32
new text begin (17) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Cohasset for the Beiers Road new text end
26.33
new text begin railroad crossing;new text end
26.34
new text begin (18) 0.088 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Clinton for expansion and striping new text end
26.35
new text begin of the community center parking lot;new text end
26.36
new text begin (19) 0.398 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Kinney for water line replacement;new text end
27.1
new text begin (20) 0.796 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Gilbert for infrastructure new text end
27.2
new text begin improvements, milling, and overlay for Summit Street between Alaska Avenue and new text end
27.3
new text begin Highway 135;new text end
27.4
new text begin (21) 0.318 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Gilbert for sanitary sewer main new text end
27.5
new text begin replacements and improvements in the Northeast Lower Alley area;new text end
27.6
new text begin (22) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the town of White for replacement of the new text end
27.7
new text begin Stepetz Road culvert;new text end
27.8
new text begin (23) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Buhl for reconstruction of Sharon new text end
27.9
new text begin Street and associated infrastructure;new text end
27.10
new text begin (24) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Mountain Iron for site new text end
27.11
new text begin improvements at the Park Ridge development;new text end
27.12
new text begin (25) 0.796 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Mountain Iron for infrastructure new text end
27.13
new text begin and site preparation for its renewable and sustainable energy park;new text end
27.14
new text begin (26) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Biwabik for sanitary sewer new text end
27.15
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.16
new text begin (27) 0.796 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Aurora for alley and road new text end
27.17
new text begin rebuilding for the Summit Addition;new text end
27.18
new text begin (28) 0.955 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Silver Bay for bioenergy facility new text end
27.19
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.20
new text begin (29) 0.318 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Grand Marais for water and new text end
27.21
new text begin sewer infrastructure improvements;new text end
27.22
new text begin (30) 0.318 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Orr for airport, water, and sewer new text end
27.23
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.24
new text begin (31) 0.318 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Cook for street and bridge new text end
27.25
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.26
new text begin (32) 0.955 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Ely for street, water, and sewer new text end
27.27
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.28
new text begin (33) 0.318 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Tower for water and sewer new text end
27.29
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.30
new text begin (34) 0.955 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Two Harbors for water and sewer new text end
27.31
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.32
new text begin (35) 0.637 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Babbitt for water and sewer new text end
27.33
new text begin improvements;new text end
27.34
new text begin (36) 0.096 cent per ton must be paid to the township of Duluth for infrastructure new text end
27.35
new text begin improvements;new text end
28.1
new text begin (37) 0.096 cent per ton must be paid to the township of Tofte for infrastructure new text end
28.2
new text begin improvements;new text end
28.3
new text begin (38) 3.184 cents per ton must be paid to the city of Hibbing for sewer improvements;new text end
28.4
new text begin (39) 1.273 cents per ton must be paid to the city of Chisholm for NW Area Project new text end
28.5
new text begin infrastructure improvements; new text end
28.6
new text begin (40) 0.318 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Chisholm for health and safety new text end
28.7
new text begin improvements at the athletic facility; andnew text end
28.8
new text begin (41) 0.796 cent per ton must be paid to the city of Hoyt Lakes for residential street new text end
28.9
new text begin improvements.new text end
28.10
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective for the 2010 distribution, all of which new text end
28.11
new text begin must be made in the August 2010 payment.new text end
28.12 Sec. 5.
new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.new text end
28.13
new text begin (a) The revisor of statutes shall change the terms "Douglas J. Johnson economic new text end
28.14
new text begin protection trust fund" or similar terms to "Mesabi miners' memorial economic development new text end
28.15
new text begin fund" or similar terms wherever they appear in Minnesota Statutes. The revisor shall also new text end
28.16
new text begin make grammatical changes related to the changes in terms.new text end
28.17
new text begin (b) The revisor of statutes shall change the terms "Ironworld Discovery Center" to new text end
28.18
new text begin "Iron Range Heritage Center and Perpich Archives" wherever they appear in Minnesota new text end
28.19
new text begin Statutes.new text end
28.20
ARTICLE 4
28.21
MISCELLANEOUS
28.22 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 154.002, is amended to read:
28.23
154.002 OFFICERS; COMPENSATION; FEES; EXPENSES.
28.24The Board of Barber Examiners shall annually elect a chair and secretary. It shall
28.25adopt and use a common seal for the authentication of its orders and records. The board
28.26shall appoint an executive secretary who
new text begin or enter into an interagency agreement to procure new text end
28.27
new text begin the services of an executive secretary. new text end new text begin The executive secretary new text end shall not be a member of
28.28the board and who shall be in the unclassified civil service.
new text begin The position of executive new text end
28.29
new text begin secretary may be a part-time position.new text end
28.30The executive secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board. The
28.31expenses of administering this chapter shall be paid from the appropriations made to
28.32the Board of Barber Examiners.
28.33Each member of the board shall take the oath provided by law for public officers.
29.1A majority of the board, in meeting assembled, may perform and exercise all the
29.2duties and powers devolving upon the board.
29.3The members of the board shall receive compensation for each day spent on board
29.4activities, but not to exceed 20 days in any calendar month nor 100 days in any calendar
29.5year.
29.6The board shall have authority to employ such inspectors, clerks, deputies, and other
29.7assistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
29.8
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
29.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 154.003, is amended to read:
29.10
154.003 FEES.
29.11 (a) The fees collected, as required in this chapter, chapter 214, and the rules of the
29.12board, shall be paid to the executive secretary of the board. The executive secretary
new text begin boardnew text end
29.13shall deposit the fees in the general fund in the state treasury.
29.14 (b) The board shall charge the following fees:
29.15 (1) examination and certificate, registered barber, $65
new text begin $85new text end ;
29.16 (2) examination and certificate, apprentice, $60
new text begin $80new text end ;
29.17 (3) examination, instructor, $160
new text begin $180new text end ;
29.18 (4) certificate, instructor, $45
new text begin $65new text end ;
29.19 (5) temporary teacher or apprentice permit, $60
new text begin $80new text end ;
29.20 (6) renewal of license, registered barber, $60
new text begin $80new text end ;
29.21 (7) renewal of license, apprentice, $50
new text begin $70new text end ;
29.22 (8) renewal of license, instructor, $60
new text begin $80new text end ;
29.23 (9) renewal of temporary teacher permit, $45
new text begin $65new text end ;
29.24 (10) student permit, $25
new text begin $45new text end ;
29.25 (11) initial shop registration, $65
new text begin $85new text end ;
29.26 (12) initial school registration, $1,010
new text begin $1,030new text end ;
29.27 (13) renewal shop registration, $65
new text begin $85new text end ;
29.28 (14) renewal school registration, $260
new text begin $280new text end ;
29.29 (15) restoration of registered barber license, $75
new text begin $95new text end ;
29.30 (16) restoration of apprentice license, $70
new text begin $90new text end ;
29.31 (17) restoration of shop registration, $85
new text begin $105new text end ;
29.32 (18) change of ownership or location, $35
new text begin $55new text end ;
29.33 (19) duplicate license, $20
new text begin $40new text end ;
new text begin andnew text end
29.34 (20) home study course, $75; and
new text begin $95.new text end
30.1 (21) registration of hair braiders, $20 per year.
30.2 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 154.06, is amended to read:
30.3
154.06 WHO MAY RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION AS A
30.4
REGISTERED APPRENTICE.
30.5
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Qualifications; duration of registration.new text end new text begin (a) new text end A person is qualified to
30.6receive a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice:
30.7(1) who has completed at least ten grades of an approved school;
30.8(2) who has graduated from a barber school approved by the board; and
30.9(3) who has passed an examination conducted by the board to determine fitness to
30.10practice as a registered apprentice.
30.11
new text begin (b) new text end An applicant for a certificate of registration to practice as an apprentice who fails
30.12to pass the examination conducted by the board is required to complete a further course
30.13of study of at least 500 hours, of not more than eight hours in any one working day,
30.14in a barber school approved by the board.
30.15
new text begin (c) new text end A certificate of registration of an apprentice shall be valid for four years from the
30.16date the certificate of registration is issued by the board and shall not be renewed. During
30.17the four-year period the certificate of registration shall remain in full force and effect only
30.18if the apprentice complies with all the provisions of sections
154.001,
154.002,
154.003,
30.19154.01
to
154.161,
154.19 to
154.21, and
154.24 to
154.26, including the payment of
30.20an annual fee, and the rules of the board.
30.21
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Limited extension of registration.new text end new text begin (a) new text end If a registered apprentice, during
30.22the term in which the certificate of registration is in effect, enters full-time active duty in
30.23the armed forces of the United States of America, the expiration date of the certificate
30.24of registration shall be extended by a period of time equal to the period or periods of
30.25active duty.
30.26
new text begin (b) This paragraph applies when a person graduates from a barber school approved new text end
30.27
new text begin by the board and is issued a certificate of registration while incarcerated by the Department new text end
30.28
new text begin of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The expiration date of the certificate shall new text end
30.29
new text begin be extended once so that it expires four years from the date of the person's first release new text end
30.30
new text begin from a correctional facility after becoming a registered apprentice.new text end
30.31 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 154.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
30.32 Subd. 2.
Qualifications. A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration
30.33as an instructor of barbering who:
31.1(1) is a graduate from an approved high school, or its equivalent, as determined by
31.2examination by the Department of Education;
31.3(2) has qualified for a teacher's or instructor's vocational certificate
new text begin successfully new text end
31.4
new text begin completed at least 38 hours of training in a program or programs approved by the board and new text end
31.5
new text begin that will provide the knowledge and skills necessary to instruct in the field of barberingnew text end ;
31.6(3) has at least three years experience as
new text begin is currentlynew text end a registered barber in this state,
31.7or its equivalent as determined by the board
new text begin with at least 1,400 hours of experience as new text end
31.8
new text begin a registered barbernew text end ; and
31.9(4) has passed an examination conducted by the board to determine fitness to
31.10instruct in barbering.
31.11A certificate of registration under this section is provisional until a teacher's or
31.12instructor's vocational certificate has been issued by the Department of Education. A
31.13provisional certificate of registration is valid for 30 days and is not renewable.
31.14 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 154.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
31.15to read:
31.16
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin Transfer students.new text end new text begin When a student has paid or made arrangement to pay new text end
31.17
new text begin all applicable tuition fees to a barbering school, that school shall certify a student's hours new text end
31.18
new text begin to another school within ten days of the student's written request. The former school may new text end
31.19
new text begin charge a nominal fee for providing this certification and transfer of hours.new text end
31.20 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 154.15, is amended by adding a subdivision
31.21to read:
31.22
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Continuing education required for registered instructors.new text end new text begin (a) A new text end
31.23
new text begin registered instructor of barbering may not renew a certificate of registration without new text end
31.24
new text begin satisfying the following continuing education requirements: new text end
31.25
new text begin (1) a registered instructor must submit proof of at least five continuing education new text end
31.26
new text begin credits earned since the original certification or latest renewal, whichever is latest, unless new text end
31.27
new text begin the registered instructor has failed to renew as described in subdivision 2; andnew text end
31.28
new text begin (2) a registered instructor who fails to renew may not be reinstated under subdivision new text end
31.29
new text begin 2 without proof of at least five continuing education credits earned since the original new text end
31.30
new text begin certification or latest renewal, whichever is latest, plus an additional 2.5 credits for each new text end
31.31
new text begin six months, or portion thereof, in excess of the date of the original failure to renew, new text end
31.32
new text begin calculated from the date that the board receives the application for renewal.new text end
31.33
new text begin (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a registered instructor may earn continuing new text end
31.34
new text begin education credits as follows:new text end
32.1
new text begin (1) one credit for every five hours of service as a voting member on a board, new text end
32.2
new text begin commission, task force, or nonprofit organization;new text end
32.3
new text begin (2) one credit for each credit earned for completing a class or course at a new text end
32.4
new text begin postsecondary institution, a degree-granting college or university, or a trade and technical new text end
32.5
new text begin school that grants associate degrees; andnew text end
32.6
new text begin (3) one credit for every five hours of attendance at a trade show or formal class new text end
32.7
new text begin offered by an organization related to barbering or cosmetology.new text end
32.8 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 155A.23, is amended by adding a
32.9subdivision to read:
32.10
new text begin Subd. 5a.new text end new text begin Individual license.new text end new text begin "Individual license" means a license described in new text end
32.11
new text begin section 155A.25, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2).new text end
32.12 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 155A.24, subdivision 2, is
32.13amended to read:
32.14 Subd. 2.
Hiring and assignment of employees. The board has the authority to hire
32.15qualified personnel in the classified service to assist in administering the law, including
32.16those for the testing and licensing of applicants and the continuing inspections required.
new text begin new text end
32.17
new text begin All staff must receive periodic training to improve and maintain customer service skills.new text end
32.18
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
32.19 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 155A.24, is amended by adding a
32.20subdivision to read:
32.21
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Feedback.new text end new text begin The board must provide access on its Web site for customers to new text end
32.22
new text begin provide feedback on interaction with the board and board staff. The information posted to new text end
32.23
new text begin the Web site by customers must be readily accessible to the public. The board must also new text end
32.24
new text begin record each complaint it receives, the board's response, and the time elapsed in responding new text end
32.25
new text begin to and resolving each complaint.new text end
32.26
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
32.27 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 155A.24, is amended by adding
32.28a subdivision to read:
32.29
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Report.new text end new text begin The board must report by January 15 each year to the standing new text end
32.30
new text begin committees of the house of representatives and the senate having jurisdiction over the new text end
32.31
new text begin board on its customer service training and its complaint resolution activities.new text end
33.1
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
33.2 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 155A.25, is amended to read:
33.3
155A.25 new text begin COSMETOLOGY new text end FEESnew text begin ; LICENSE EXPIRATION DATEnew text end .
33.4 Subdivision 1.
Schedule. The fee schedule for licensees is as follows
new text begin for licenses new text end
33.5
new text begin issued prior to July 1, 2010, and after June 30, 2013new text end :
33.6(a) Three-year license fees:
33.7(1) cosmetologist, manicurist, esthetician, $90 for each initial license, and $60 for
33.8each renewal;
33.9(2) instructor, manager, $120 for each initial license, and $90 for each renewal;
33.10(3) salon, $130 for each initial license, and $100 for each renewal; and
33.11(4) school, $1,500.
33.12(b) Penalties:
33.13(1) reinspection fee, variable;
33.14(2) manager and owner with lapsed practitioner, $150 each;
33.15(3) expired cosmetologist, manicurist, esthetician, manager, school manager, and
33.16instructor license, $45; and
33.17(4) expired salon or school license, $50.
33.18(c) Administrative fees:
33.19(1) certificate of identification, $20;
33.20(2) school original application, $150;
33.21(3) name change, $20;
33.22(4) letter of license verification, $30;
33.23(5) duplicate license, $20;
33.24(6) processing fee, $10; and
33.25(7) special event permit, $75 per year
new text begin ; andnew text end
33.26
new text begin (8) registration of hair braiders, $20 per yearnew text end .
33.27(d) All fees established in this subdivision must be paid to the executive secretary
33.28of the board. The executive secretary of the board shall deposit the fees in the general
33.29fund in the state treasury.
33.30
new text begin Subd. 1a.new text end new text begin Schedule.new text end new text begin The fee schedule for licensees is as follows for licenses issued new text end
33.31
new text begin after June 30, 2010, and prior to July 1, 2013:new text end
33.32
new text begin (a) Three-year license fees:new text end
33.33
new text begin (1) cosmetologist, manicurist, or esthetician:new text end
33.34
new text begin (i) $90 for each initial license and a $40 nonrefundable initial license application fee, new text end
33.35
new text begin for a total of $130; andnew text end
34.1
new text begin (ii) $60 for each renewal and a $15 nonrefundable renewal application fee, for new text end
34.2
new text begin a total of $75;new text end
34.3
new text begin (2) instructor or manager:new text end
34.4
new text begin (i) $120 for each initial license and a $40 nonrefundable initial license application new text end
34.5
new text begin fee, for a total of $160; and new text end
34.6
new text begin (ii) $90 for each renewal and a $15 nonrefundable renewal application fee, for a new text end
34.7
new text begin total of $105;new text end
34.8
new text begin (3) salon:new text end
34.9
new text begin (i) $130 for each initial license and a $100 nonrefundable initial license application new text end
34.10
new text begin fee, for a total of $230; and new text end
34.11
new text begin (ii) $100 for each renewal and a $50 nonrefundable renewal application fee, for a new text end
34.12
new text begin total of $150; andnew text end
34.13
new text begin (4) school:new text end
34.14
new text begin (i) $1,500 for each initial license and a $1,000 nonrefundable initial license new text end
34.15
new text begin application fee, for a total of $2,500; andnew text end
34.16
new text begin (ii) $1,500 for each renewal and a $500 nonrefundable renewal application fee, new text end
34.17
new text begin for a total of $2,000.new text end
34.18
new text begin (b) Penalties:new text end
34.19
new text begin (1) reinspection fee, variable;new text end
34.20
new text begin (2) manager and owner with lapsed practitioner, $150 each;new text end
34.21
new text begin (3) expired cosmetologist, manicurist, esthetician, manager, school manager, and new text end
34.22
new text begin instructor license, $45; andnew text end
34.23
new text begin (4) expired salon or school license, $50.new text end
34.24
new text begin (c) Administrative fees:new text end
34.25
new text begin (1) certificate of identification, $20;new text end
34.26
new text begin (2) name change, $20;new text end
34.27
new text begin (3) letter of license verification, $30;new text end
34.28
new text begin (4) duplicate license, $20;new text end
34.29
new text begin (5) processing fee, $10; new text end
34.30
new text begin (6) special event permit, $75 per year; andnew text end
34.31
new text begin (7) registration of hair braiders, $20 per year.new text end
34.32
new text begin Subd. 1b.new text end new text begin Fees disposition; appropriation.new text end new text begin (a) All fees established in subdivisions new text end
34.33
new text begin 1 and 1a must be paid to the executive secretary of the board.new text end
34.34
new text begin (b) The executive secretary of the board shall deposit all fees in the general fund new text end
34.35
new text begin in the state treasury.new text end
35.1 Subd. 2.
Refunds. Refunds shall be given in the following situations: overpayment;
35.2death or permanent disability before the effective date of a license; or an individual's
35.3ineligibility for licensure. Applicants determined ineligible to receive a license will be
35.4refunded the license fee minus any processing fee
new text begin and minus any application feenew text end this
35.5section requires.
35.6 Subd. 3.
Other licenses. A licensee who applies for licensing in a second category
35.7shall pay the full license fee
new text begin and application feenew text end for the second category of license.
35.8
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin License expiration date.new text end new text begin The board shall, in a manner determined by the new text end
35.9
new text begin board and without the need for rulemaking under chapter 14, phase in changes to initial new text end
35.10
new text begin and renewal license expiration dates so that by January 1, 2014:new text end
35.11
new text begin (1) individual licenses expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month of the new text end
35.12
new text begin year due; andnew text end
35.13
new text begin (2) salon licenses expire on the last day of the month of initial licensure of the new text end
35.14
new text begin year due.new text end
35.15
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Board must approve or deny application; timeline.new text end new text begin Within 15 working new text end
35.16
new text begin days of receiving a complete application and the required fees for an initial or renewal new text end
35.17
new text begin individual license, the board must (1) either grant or deny the application, and (2) issue the new text end
35.18
new text begin license or notify the applicant of the denial.new text end
35.19 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.148, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.20 Subdivision 1.
Computation. To defray the costs of administering sections
35.21326B.101
to
326B.194, a surcharge is imposed on all permits issued by municipalities in
35.22connection with the construction of or addition or alteration to buildings and equipment or
35.23appurtenances after June 30, 1971. The commissioner may use any surplus in surcharge
35.24receipts to award grants for code research and development and education.
35.25 If the fee for the permit issued is fixed in amount the surcharge is equivalent to
35.26one-half mill (.0005) of the fee or 50 cents,
new text begin except that effective July 1, 2010, until June new text end
35.27
new text begin 30, 2011, the permit surcharge is equivalent to one-half mill (.0005) of the fee or $5, new text end
35.28whichever amount is greater. For all other permits, the surcharge is as follows:
35.29 (1) if the valuation of the structure, addition, or alteration is $1,000,000 or less, the
35.30surcharge is equivalent to one-half mill (.0005) of the valuation of the structure, addition,
35.31or alteration;
35.32 (2) if the valuation is greater than $1,000,000, the surcharge is $500 plus two-fifths
35.33mill (.0004) of the value between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000;
35.34 (3) if the valuation is greater than $2,000,000, the surcharge is $900 plus three-tenths
35.35mill (.0003) of the value between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000;
36.1 (4) if the valuation is greater than $3,000,000, the surcharge is $1,200 plus one-fifth
36.2mill (.0002) of the value between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000;
36.3 (5) if the valuation is greater than $4,000,000, the surcharge is $1,400 plus one-tenth
36.4mill (.0001) of the value between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000; and
36.5 (6) if the valuation exceeds $5,000,000, the surcharge is $1,500 plus one-twentieth
36.6mill (.00005) of the value that exceeds $5,000,000.
36.7 Sec. 13.
new text begin RULEMAKING.new text end
36.8
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Conforming changes.new text end new text begin The Board of Cosmetologist Examiners new text end
36.9
new text begin must amend Minnesota Rules, parts 2105.0200 and 2105.0330, to conform to the license new text end
36.10
new text begin expiration date requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 155A.25, subdivision 4, by new text end
36.11
new text begin specifying that individual or salon licenses expire on the last day of an individual's birth new text end
36.12
new text begin month of the year due, or on the last day of the month of initial licensure of the year due.new text end
36.13
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Good cause exemption.new text end new text begin The Board of Cosmetologist Examiners must use new text end
36.14
new text begin the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause new text end
36.15
new text begin (3), to adopt the rules required by this section. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does new text end
36.16
new text begin not apply except as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.new text end
36.17 Sec. 14.
new text begin EXPEDITED RULES; PLUMBING BOARD.new text end
36.18
new text begin The Plumbing Board shall have expedited rulemaking authority provided under new text end
36.19
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 14.389 for expedited rules regarding water-free urinals that new text end
36.20
new text begin meet the Minnesota Plumbing Board standards. This authority expires December 31, 2010.new text end
36.21
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
36.22 Sec. 15.
new text begin REPEALER.new text end
36.23
new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 154.07, subdivision 5; and 176.135, subdivision new text end
36.24
new text begin 1b,new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
